great-nephew
Americannoun
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great-nephews
plural
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of great-nephew
First recorded in 1575–85
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By facilitating an open conversation that nails down the details of your offer, you can provide for your great-nephew and avoid friction with your wife.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
As per his wishes, his partner Jean-Pierre Goncalves de Lima and his great-nephew Richard Hockney were the only two mourners to attend his funeral, Hockney's publicist Erica Bolton said.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
A new cast of Castros is emerging in Cuba: a grandson and a great-nephew are moving up the corridors of power, while another is an eccentric Instagram influencer declaring that Cubans want capitalism.
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026
Workplace movies “give you very quickly an identifiable everyman or everywoman—somebody we can relate to,” says Ben Mankiewicz, the Turner Classic Movies host and great-nephew of legendary Hollywood screenwriter and director Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2025
Instead, Caesar left his estate to Octavian, his great-nephew whom he renamed as his adopted son.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
He describes his modern family tree as a sprawling “tribe,” counting 16 nephews and 42 great-nephews.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
According to his publicist, he is survived by his long-time partner Jean-Pierre Goncalves de Lima, two brothers and "numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews".
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
Martin is survived by six cousins plus nieces. nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2021
Prince Philipp is one of the Duke of Edinburgh's great-nephews from Germany - he's the grandson of the duke's eldest sister, Princess Margarita.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2021
Jan. 25, 1831.—I am glad to hear so good an account of my two little great-nephews, but I should be still more glad to see them.
From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Augustus J. C. Hare
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